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RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Written by Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald.
Illustrated by Herbert Cole.
Stock no. 1326439
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head.
1909.
Very good condition.
Flowers of Parnassus series (famous poems illustrated). Small format (5.75 x 4.5"). Green cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover. 75 numbered pages. B/w plates and text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Some grubby fingermarks to contents and endpapers lightly browned.
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- POETRY
- ILLUSTRATED
COLERIDGE AMONG THE LAKES & MOUNTAINS
Written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Roger Hudson.
Stock no. 1827047
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
1991.
Slightly better than very good condition.
From his Notebooks, Letters and Poems 1794-1804. Selected and edited by Roger Hudson. Colour pictorial cloth. Colour & b/w illustrations. A light crease to margin of first few pages (very minor). Contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little grubby and lightly faded, one corner bashed.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- BIOGRAPHY
- POETRY
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- NORTH WEST UK
- LAKE DISTRICT
- DIARY
ANTHEM FOR DOOMED YOUTH: POETS OF THE GREAT WAR
Written by Lyn MacDonald.
Stock no. 1827022
Published by Folio Society.
2003.
Very good condition.
Edited and introduced by Lyn MacDonald. Green pictorial cloth. B/w photos. Printed on pale green paper. Third printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little grubby and slightly faded at edges.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- POETRY
- WORLD WAR I
THE SONNETS & A LOVER'S COMPLAINT
Written by William Shakespeare; Katherine Duncan-Jones.
Illustrated by Simon Brett; Peter Reddick; Jane Lydbury; et al..
Stock no. 1827013
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2004.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Reissue of the 1989 edition with new binding. Introduction by Katherine Duncan-Jones. Blue cloth spine with gilt title. Blue/burgundy silk moire boards. Lilac endpapers. B/w engravings by various engravers. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light scuffing.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- POETRY
- SHAKESPEARE
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
FORTY-NINE POEMS BY W.H. DAVIES
Written by W.H. Davies.
Illustrated by Jacynth Parsons.
Stock no. 1326252
Published by The Medici Society.
1st
1928.
Very good condition.
Selected and illustrated by Parsons, preface by Davies. Light brown cloth, gilt titles. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped with slight wear to base of spine. Lower edge of rear cover is lightly damp stained. Endpapers partly browned.
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- POETRY
- ILLUSTRATED
THE DEFENCE OF GUENEVERE
Written by William Morris.
Stock no. 1826859
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press.
Circa
1925.
Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Very small format 4" x 2.8". Cardwraps, Marbled endpapers. Colour frontis. 96 pages. Backstrip missing. Neat initials and date to verso of frontis. One hinge pulled but binding is tight. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and a little grubby.
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- POETRY
BRITSCHE BALLADEN
Written by Albert Verwey.
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1325879
Published by Van Holkema & Warendorf.
1st thus
1920.
Very good condition.
Dutch edition of British Ballads, translated by Verwey. Limited edition of 550 copies. Large format. Pale grey buckram with green titles and colour onlay to front. 15 tipped-in colour plates to the contents mounted on grey card with tissue-guards (16 plates listed but May Colven is the plate featured on the front cover). 198 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped. A few small, light marks to covers. Some pale page browning and some light foxing.
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- POETRY
- ILLUSTRATED
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- DUTCH
- LIMITED EDITION
THE SPRINGTIDE OF LIFE
Written by Algernon C. Swinburne.
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1325864
Published by William Heinemann.
1st
1918.
Very good condition.
Limited Deluxe edition of 765 numbered, signed copies. Vellum-style boards and vellum spine. Gilt titles and vignette. Top edge gilt, others uncut. 133 pages. 11.5 x 9.25". 9 tipped-in colour plates mounted on heavy brown paper with captioned tissue-guards. 52 drawings. Pictorial endpapers. Contains extra colour plate not in trade edition. SIGNED by the artist, this is copy no. 573. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers slightly grubby and marked. Endpapers lightly browned. Plates all present. Tiny corner crease to one plate else otherwise fine.
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- POETRY
- ILLUSTRATED
- LIMITED EDITION
SILVER STREAM
Written by A.P. Herbert.
Illustrated by Norman Thelwell.
Stock no. 1325813
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd..
1st
1962.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Blue paperboards, cream spine. Humourous b/w drawings. 'A Beautiful Tale of Hare & Hound for Young & Old'. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Pale page edge browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut and a little grubby. Gift Aid sticker to rear panel of wrapper.
VERSES OF A FIGHTER PILOT
Written by A.N.C. Weir.
Stock no. 1825987
Published by Faber & Faber Limited.
1941.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The author's poerms are not about flying, despite the title. They are another means of expression for a personality belonging to the finest English tradition, written before the author's twentieth birthday. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. Slim format. B/w frontis. 78 pages. Second impression. Heavy foxing to text block but contents clean. Small name & date in ink to front pastedown is hidden by front flap of dustwrapper. Lilac dustwrapper is browned and edge-worn.
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- POETRY
RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Written by Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald.
Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1325328
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
Circa
1919.
Good condition.
Popular edition. Red cloth stamped in gilt with peacock design. 12 tipped-in colour plates. 8 x 6". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine faded, gilt to spine dulled. A few small marks to covers. Foxing to contents.
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- POETRY
- ILLUSTRATED
SIEGFRIED AND THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS
Written by Richard Wagner.
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1325071
Published by William Heinemann.
Circa
1940.
Very good condition.
The second of the two volumes making up the trilogy of The Ring Of The Niblung. Very scarce publisher's leather edition. Gilt titles and vignettes to front cover and spine. 30 magnificent tipped-in colour plates which display the Germanic inspiration evident in Rip and Midsummer Night's Dream and continuing through Undine and the Wagner books. Orange and cream pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt. 182 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Light browning to endpapers. One plate has a light corner crease, all others are present and in fine condition. Some light foxing to contents and textblock. Title list to prelims list mostly titles published before 1911 but also lists The Ring of the Niblung (published in 1939).
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- ILLUSTRATED
- POETRY